The international community needs the IMF to fulfill its purposes in monitoring the international financial system. However, the IMF does not satisfy the international community's expectations, because the IMF lacks good governance. After...

INTERNATIONALMONETARY POLICY ANALYSIS WITH DURABLE GOODS A Dissertation by KANG KOO LEE Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree... of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY August 2009 Major Subject: Economics INTERNATIONALMONETARY POLICY ANALYSIS WITH DURABLE GOODS A Dissertation by KANG KOO LEE Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University...

Following Germany's Lead: Using InternationalMonetary Linkages to Estimate the Effect of Monetary to countries with the weakest economic ties to Germany. We thank participants at the 2004 NBER Summer Workshop (2001). 2 Many European countries followed Germany's lead in setting their monetary policy during our

Preliminary and incomplete A Modest Proposal for InternationalMonetary Reform International Columbia University #12;- 1 - - 1 - #12;- 2 - A Modest Proposal for InternationalMonetary Reform Bruce are fundamental aspects of the present system and that, without reform, they will continue to plague the global

The dissertation studies a model of an economy which produces and exports durable goods. It analyzes the optimal monetary policy for such a country. Generally, monetary policy has a bigger economic effect on durable goods ...

of the European Community. The Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations adopted policies that heavily benefited U.S. reform objectives and domestic economic goals, which frequently clashed with allied concerns, and damaged American monetary relations with France...

of the Euro, the single European currency launched in 2002, may soon rival the dollar's position as the primary reserve currency. American monetary policies designed to improve the health of the dollar during the 1970s were a catalyst for European...

Since 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has worked to ensure the safe and responsible promotion of nuclear technology throughout the world. The IAEA operates at the intersection of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty’s (NPT) fourth and third articles, which guarantee Parties to the Treaty the right to peaceful uses of nuclear technology, provided those activities are placed under safeguards verified by the IAEA. However, while the IAEA has enjoyed substantial success and prestige in the international community, there is a concern that its resources are being stretched to a point where it may no longer be possible to execute its multifaceted mission in its entirety. As noted by the Director General (DG) in 2008, demographics suggest that every aspect of the IAEA’s operations will be in higher demand due to increasing reliance on non-carbon-based energy and the concomitant nonproliferation, safety, and security risks that growth entails. In addition to these nuclear energy concerns, the demand for technical developmental assistance in the fields of food security, resource conservation, and human health is also predicted to increase as the rest of the world develops. Even with a 100% value-for-money rating by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and being described as an “extraordinary bargain” by the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, real budget growth at the Agency has been limited to zero-real growth for a better part of the last two decades. Although the 2012 regular budget (RB) received a small increase for most programs, the 2013 RB has been set at zero-real growth. As a result, the IAEA has had to defer infrastructure investments, which has hindered its ability to provide the public goods its Members seek, decreased global security and development opportunities, and functionally transformed the IAEA into a charity, dependent on extrabudgetary (EB) contributions to sustain its mission and capabilities. To resolve these resource constraints, we recommend the creation of an endowment, funded entirely through private contributions. Our initial estimates for the endowment are that a €2B principal. This level of capitalization could provide significant support to all aspects of the IAEA’s mission, including Capital Investment and Innovation; Technical Cooperation; as well as incentivizing the policy and technology entrepreneurship that will be necessary for the future health of the nonproliferation regime. Given this potential, our future efforts will focus on a more rigorous assessment of the financial requirements, while simultaneously creating the beginnings of a functional organization. These include: organizational structure, metrics for grant-making and performance evaluation, and outreach and fundraising strategies. At the end of this process, there should be sufficient information and engagement to begin to operationalize the endowment through external funding sources.

In recent times Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have become an important source of international real estate investments. A number of reports predict the swelling of SWF combined assets from its current figure of $3-4 trillion ...

The Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the Committee on Appropriations, in its report dated July 16, 1996, approved the implementation of a Working Capital Fund (Fund) at the U.S. Department of Energy. The Subcommittee also directed the Office of Inspector General to conduct periodic audits of the Fund. This audit was conducted to determine if the Department established an effective system of controls over the Fund. The specific objectives were to determine if internal controls were sufficient to ensure that appropriate costs were allocated in a reasonable and unbiased manner and in a way what was consistent with the expectations established by the Congress.

by the International Education Center (IEC) of Northern Kentucky University to support the internationalization participation, creative activity, and outreach. Eligibility and Criteria IEC Faculty International Travel Awards are not eligible.) #12;Terms IEC Faculty International Travel Awards will typically range from $300 to $1

This thesis examines the record of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) in light of changing fashions regarding the proper role and management of such funds in the development finance process. The key ...

if investors had responded by reducing their holdings of US assets. However, while foreign investors did sell US equities and corporate debt during the crisis, their demand for US government debt increased sharply. This suggests that, even though the crisis... the model works, we use it to analyse the implications of an expansion in Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). SWFs are government-owned investment funds, set up for a variety of purposes, for example to transform the income from non-renewable natural resources...

of Action (CPA), as agreed by the 2005 African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology (AMCOST; the private sector and the international donor community. The analysis stresses the importance of African poverty reduction strategy papers or their equivalent. Private sector support for S&T in Africa

ESSAYS ON MONETARY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ECONOMICS A Dissertation by SOK WON KIM Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR... OF PHILOSOPHY August 2006 Major Subject: Economics ESSAYS ON MONETARY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ECONOMICS A Dissertation by SOK WON KIM Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University...

Studies, The Charles Smith Endowment Fund, Commu- nications and Media Studies, The Institute for Global from state pressures and challenged Palestinian political norms about news media. This is also a story

In this dissertation, two questions concerning monetary policy under the Taylor rule have been addressed. The ?rst question is on, under the Taylor rule, whether a central bank should be responsible for both bank supervision and monetary...

The dissertation studies the relationship among durable goods, price indexes and monetary policy in two sticky-price models with durable goods. One is a one-sector model with only durable goods and the other is a two-sector model with durable...

There is by now a large consensus in modern monetary policy. This consensus has been built upon a dynamic general equilibrium model of optimal monetary policy as developed by, e.g., Goodfriend and King (1997), Clarida et al. (1999), Svensson (1999) and Woodford (2003). In this paper we extend the standard optimal monetary policy model by introducing nonlinearity into the Phillips curve. Under the specific form of nonlinearity proposed in our paper (which allows for convexity and concavity and secures closed form solutions), we show that the introduction of a nonlinear Phillips curve into the structure of the standard model in a discrete time and deterministic framework produces radical changes to the major conclusions regarding stability and the efficiency of monetary policy. We emphasize the following main results: (i) instead of a unique fixed point we end up with multiple equilibria; (ii) instead of saddle--path stability, for different sets of parameter values we may have saddle stability, totally unstable equilibria and chaotic attractors; (iii) for certain degrees of convexity and/or concavity of the Phillips curve, where endogenous fluctuations arise, one is able to encounter various results that seem intuitively correct. Firstly, when the Central Bank pays attention essentially to inflation targeting, the inflation rate has a lower mean and is less volatile; secondly, when the degree of price stickiness is high, the inflation rate displays a larger mean and higher volatility (but this is sensitive to the values given to the parameters of the model); and thirdly, the higher the target value of the output gap chosen by the Central Bank, the higher is the inflation rate and its volatility.

of the growth of the Euro-dollar market has been autonomous, the result of deposit-creation by commercial and central banks. The mechanics of Euro-dollar borrowing by U. S. banks is outlined. The impact of the Euro-dollar market on U. S. monetary variables...-banks as Financial Intermediaries Euro-banks as Commercial Banks The Credit and Deposit Multiplier Controversy Conclusion ~ ~ ~ 5 10 16 18 21 26 27 39 IV USES OF EURO-DOLLAR FUNDS Non-bank Uses of Euro-dollar Capital Reporting Area Bank Uses of Euro...

This dissertation contains three essays in international macroeconomics and financial time series forecasting. In the first essay, I show, numerically, that a two-country New-Keynesian Sticky Prices model, driven by monetary and productivity shocks...

largest source of funding for malaria control, accounting for an estimated 50% of total international model. A key element of this process is its strategy for 2012­2016, called Investing for Impact, adopted a Consolidated Transformation Plan which sought to move the Global Fund from a past focus on emergency funding

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On Optimal Monetary Policy Rules and the Role of MCIs in the Open Economy. By Alfred V. Guender consequences for the conduct of optimal monetary policy in the forward-looking open economy framework. As opposed to the closed economy framework optimal monetary policy in the open economy depends on both demand

On Optimal Monetary Policy Rules and the Construction of MCIs in the Open Economy By Alfred V open-economy forward-looking model to underscore the important role of the real exchange rate channel in the conduct of optimal monetary policy. As opposed to the closed economy, optimal monetary policy in the open

the rise in aggregate demand induced by the increase in public spending, which falls more heavily, and a not- too-aggressive monetary policy. The model predicts that in response to an unexpected increase studies indeed ...nd that the real exchange rate depreciates persistently in response to an unexpected

Industrial Structure and Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy Thomas A. Lubik Department supply which is empirically quite small. In principle, this link can be broken in a multisectoral economy sectors. This paper reinterprets this line of reasoning in a small open economy with a traded and a non

crisis; the Oil "mini-shock"; the food prices increase due to animal diseases and bad weather. There is no historical precedent. Nor are there any criteria against which to judge monetary policy designed for a group it is for in a nation state or a federation which can resort to historical precedents. There are technical difficulties

-run and short-run loss functions) and monetary policy rules imply a complete regime for optimal policy making. The central bank long-run and short-run loss functions that produce the optimal policy with discretion differ policymaking, committing to the social loss function, using discretion with the central bank long-run and short-run

1 External Research Funding Agreements University Policy No: RH8200 Classification: Research and university employees under Research Funding Agreements. DEFINITIONS 2.00 Research Funding Agreement means funding provided through an agreement with the university to be used for research purposes, whether

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Renewing University Base Funding The Priority Issues 29 February 2012 e conor funding to universities as an immediate goal. It has already put in place increases worth 3.5%. 2 undergraduate or postgraduate, be funded at the same rate. #12;3 Charles Darwin University Flinders University

ESSAYS ON THE WELFARE IMPROVING ROLE OF MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY A Dissertation by DEVIKA HAZRA Submitted to the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree... insights for, from him as a researcher and teacher, and for the constant push to make progress in research, throughout the years at Texas A&M. I am thankful to Anastasia Zervou for the encouragement she always provided that helped me stay optimistic...

in Economics and Monetary Incentives Nathalie Etchart-Vincent CIRED, CNRS/EHESS/ENPC/ENGREF* Résumé : La mise legitimates the introduction of monetary incentives in economic laboratory experiments. Still, the empirical monetary incentives and effort on the one hand, and between effort and performance on the other hand, which

lower energy costs and fossil fuel energy use. Increasing arra funds with private and public sector. The Clean Energy Business Financing loan program is designed to leverage even more private sector funds programs (such as Clean Energy Business and Municipal Financing programs) when developing the federal

AVAILABLE NOW! Biomass Funding Guide 2010 The Forestry Commission and the Humber Rural Partnership (co-ordinated by East Riding of Yorkshire Council) have jointly produced a biomass funding guide fuel prices continue to rise, and the emerging biomass sector is well-placed to make a significant

This report addresses international economic considerations in planning for recovery from a generalized disaster, including the geographical dispersion of economic activity and the importance of the US dollar in international trade. The discussion includes real trade issues and internationalmonetary considerations or financial considerations, emphasizing the relationship between the two. Included in the discussion of internationalmonetary considerations are the causes, consequences, and resolution of six historical financial crises which are used as analogues for planning for restoration of the internationalmonetary system. Additionally, the foundation of the multinational enterprise and its possible roles in recovery are addressed. Although the report addresses several specific disaster scenarios and appropriate policy responses in reaction to them, a number of important general policy guidelines were discussed. First, international cooperation and coordination are of paramount importance in restoring the effective functioning of the internationalmonetary system. Second, a policy of fixed exchange rates in the aftermath of an international disaster is ill-advised. Third, except for commodities crucial to national defense, domestic import and export controls cannot be justified. Fourth, the extent of real trade reduction during a conflict has widespread financial---as well as real---repercussions. The United States probably could withstand real trade disruptions during a conflict more successfully than many of its current trading partners. Finally, multinational enterprises might be important institutions in recovery from both real and monetary standpoints, acting as the international conduit for capital flows, trade flows, and in more serious disasters, price signals and internationalmonetary and financial reconstruction. 91 refs., 5 tabs.

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of and spending plan for unobligated balance 3. Assurance that all research compliance activities are approved to the sponsor. If you have any questions, please contact Research Development Services (x7-6136) or SponsoredFORM -20 SPONSORED FUNDS ADMINISTRATION DIVISION OF RESEARCH State University of New York

Trinity College Annual Fund 2014 #12;How did Trinity influence your future? By introducing Trinity the Trinity in Cambe programme. Working together, we expect Trin and IntoUniversity to make highe education, the likelihood of getting university and attitudes to learning" Trinity has a long history of nurturing

This paper analyzes and tests empirically the monetary explanation of inflation in the case of the moderate inflationary experience of three major OPEC economies over the last two decades. The estimated model takes into account the underlying money demand relationship, and pays careful attention to the model's lag specifications. The empirical results show that the monetary model of inflation adequately explains the inflationary process in each of the countries studied. These empirical results, furthermore, are econometrically valid insofar as they are not plagued with significant simultaneous-equation bias. In addition, the estimated equations are also found to exhibit structural stability over time. 39 references, 4 tables.

rate shocks and five to World price of oil shocks. Furthermore, we investigate the viability trade shocks in African economies modeled by the relationship between the fluctuations in the prices of the African economies after an international income, monetary or price shocks tend to be in general more

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has researched how participating countries divide funding obligations under International Energy Agency (IEA) Implementing Agreements (IAs). This is part of a broader assessment evaluating the buildings-area IAs. This particular part of the analysis looked at 12 IAs funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. By selecting a range of agreements, we hoped to understand the types of arrangements and the range of funding formulas. PNNL asked the U.S. Executive Committee (ExCo) members how the total contribution for their IA and its Annexes were determined, and how the total was then divided between participating countries.

We examine the level of share dealing activity of UK long-term institutional funds and, for UK pension funds, assess the impact of this dealing activity on investment performance. The analysis is carried out using annual ...

, we study the monetary cost and energy opti- mization of a single level tree network by using various is discussed. The mathematical analysis of the monetary cost and energy use in single level tree networks Monetary Cost and Energy Use Optimization in Divisible Load Processing Mequanint A. Moges, Leonardo A

In principle, paying for waste management services should be easy. Each person should be responsible for paying for his or her share of waste management costs. The price paid should be based on the most equitable, most environmentally sound, and most efficient management method. Everyone knows that life is not that simple. In the real world, decisions about how to pay for waste management services are based upon a variety of factors, including cost, equity, administrative ease, legal restrictions, legislative policies and mandates, historic precedent, and politics. Communities and service providers need to carefully consider these and other factors in developing and implementing a funding approach. This chapter will describe the issues that communities and service providers must address in developing the best strategy for funding waste and recyclable collection programs.

electric vehicle (HEV) sales, with a number of studies already available for the case of PEVs. Examples (PEVs). The same study estimated that the public and private benefits resulting from the large- scale the strategies referenced earlier is to offer monetary incentives. Studies find that reducing the relative cost

of the american economy but to the surge of the price of oil magnified by the depreciation of the euro. What is one of a relatively strong internal demand, rather massive job creation, and an historically high with respect to trend of the price of primary goods, will have both beneficial supply and demand effects well

NON-UNIVERSITY FUNDING A non-University funding request is defined as any funds requested from@clemson.edu. Procedures 1. Recognized student organizations seeking non-university funding of more than $1 reflects the proper funds. All University and state spending guidelines must be followed. The Annual Giving

We generalise the stylised macroeconomic Agent-Based model introduced in "Tipping Points in Macroeconomic Agent Based Models" [JEDC 50, 29-61 (2015)], with the aim of investigating the role and efficacy of monetary policy of a 'Central Bank', that sets the interest rate such as to steer the economy towards a prescribed inflation and unemployment level. Our major finding is that provided its policy is not too aggressive (in a sense detailed in the paper) the Central Bank is successful in achieving its goals. However, the existence of different equilibrium states of the economy, separated by phase boundaries (or "dark corners"), can cause the monetary policy itself to trigger instabilities and be counter-productive. In other words, the Central Bank must navigate in a narrow window: too little is not enough, too much leads to instabilities and wildly oscillating economies. This conclusion strongly contrasts with the prediction of DSGE models.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is accepting applications for the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition to identify the nation's innovative accelerators and similar organizations and award them cash prizes they may use to fund their operations costs and allow them to bring startup competitions to scale and new ideas to life.

-run reduction in output and employment, which is often associated with a decline in the wage share and lower consumption. This produces an increase in income inequality, given the relatively high share of wages in the incomes of lower-income groups... countries in the form of raising reserve requirements to manage capital flows and curb credit growth, along with raising interest rates, in view of the unconventional monetary policies by the major ‘reserve-currency-issuing’ countries. The relevant...

Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) are being put to work to improve safety, reliability, and service in systems across the country. Here are case studies from a variety of Recovery Act programs.

#1; tx H2O | pg. 18 International researchers and program managers in 90 countries around the world use the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model. Germany, the first country interested in SWAT, uses it to model its large watersheds, said... issues and used SWAT to help assess watersheds and transboundary water issues of the 15-country union, increasing the use of the modeling tool throughout Europe. The U.S. Agency for International Development funded a research project for the Kenyan...

to consider helping to fund the successful FIRCAs from their grantees. Many of the ICs responded positively both to support their grantees' international collaborative research and encourage more international, grantees and reviewers over the years, FIC revamped the FIRCA program to meet the evolving needs

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Funding to Latin America from the three principal multinational financial institutions (the World Bank, the Interamerican Development Bank, and the Caribbean Development Bank) reflects a growing emphasis on energy. Economic and energy forecasters in these and other donor agencies, as well as in oil companies and private banks, warn of strong possibilities of a petroleum-supply shortfall, and higher prices, before the year 2000. If developing countries, with or without conventional energy resources, are to plan effectively for economic growth, external institutional and private energy funding won't be enough: conservation, more-efficient management, and higher prices for electricity and other energy will be necessary. There is marked hemispheric cooperation to promote Latin America's energy and economic advancement, when bilateral and international agreements are examined: US and Canadian loans are via bilateral and institutional channels. Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela, all Third World countries but with substantial hydrocarbon resources, stand out both as energy aid donors, and as three of the five Latin American promoters (the Contadora Group) that are seeking to increase dialogue between warring factions among some of their Caribbean and Central American neighbors. This issue presents the Energy Detente fuel price/tax series and the principal industrial fuel prices for July 1983 for countries of the Eastern Hemisphere.

Using unique data on mutual fund portfolios with different investment scopes, we study the extent of international diversification. Mutual funds invest in a surprisingly limited number of stocks—about 100. The number of ...

This thesis examines the feasibility of creating a publicly traded, synthetic REIT-type investment fund for the purpose of investing in a portfolio of international real estate assets. The investment strategy is driven by ...

the effect of the interest channel. Second, I adopt the recently developed time series technique to explore the puzzling negative correlation between output and stock returns in China currently, and posit that it is due to a negative link between monetary...

that it continues to comply with best practice and the Department for Employment and Learning (NI) Support Funds of awards made will be dependent upon a number of factors including demand made on the fund each year shortfall, being claimed, is unexpected. 3. Roles and Responsibilities 3.1 There is a Student Support Fund

designed to improve patient care and outcomes, providing evidence to validate clinical practice and/or examine effectiveness of clinical care delivery systems. The fund will be administered by The Johns of Nursing. Goals: · To provide funding for teams of nurses to explore clinical questions · To fund pilot

It is the objective of the Fund to encourage innovative research to maintain the Laboratory's position at the forefront of science. Funds are used to explore new ideas and concepts that may potentially develop into new directions of research for the Laboratory and that are consistent with the major needs, overall goals, and mission of the Laboratory and the DOE. The types of projects eligible for support from PDF include: work in forefront areas of science and technology for the primary purpose of enriching Laboratory research and development capabilities; advanced study of new hypotheses, new experimental concepts, or innovative approaches to energy problems; experiments directed toward ''proof of principle'' or early determination of the utility of a new concept; and conception, design analyses, and development of experimental devices, instruments, or components. This report is a review of these research programs.

SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund PROGRAM: Complete Guidelines can be found at SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund 2014 OBJECTIVES: The SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund ("TAF") provides funding to support the advancement of SUNY technologies from the lab to the marketplace. In many cases, SUNY technology developed

The state-owned electric utility, Korea Electricity Power Cooperation (KEPCO), privatization has been a key word in South Korea since 1997, when the government received $55 billion from the InternationalMonetaryFund in ...

, and incorporate a battery that makes them more amenable to use in places with intermittent or no power. Commonly typically comes through transnational aid agencies like the World Bank and InternationalMonetaryFund (IMF

This study explores the determinants of foreign reserves flow in light of the oil-based small open economies of Libya, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. The period of study encompasses the major oil price increases of the 1970s and early 1980s, which had led to the huge transfers of foreign exchanges towards these, among other, developing economies. The framework of analysis is basically a monetary approach to the balance of payments. This study is of both a theoretical and empirical nature. It utilizes the monetary forces in the domestic money market to derive a basic balance of payments (BOP) equation that explains the monetary nature of the balance of payments. The study found that the data from those countries support the monetary relationships as hypothesized by the monetary approach, especially the negative one-to-one relation between domestic credit (DC) and the BOP. Results from the simultaneous estimations of the BOP and DC reported better estimates than the single-equation model. Findings from the reaction function indicated that the monetary authorities of these oil-based economies were actively sterilizing the effect of foreign reserve flows. Findings supported the integrated market hypothesis in Kuwait and Libya, but not in the Saudi case.

The principal investigator of a RET in Engineering and Computer Science Site proposal must have a facultyFunding Opportunity: Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science Site Sponsor: National Science Foundation Internal Deadline: July 1, 2013 Sponsor Deadline: October 7

Reducing Child Labor in Panama: An Impact Evaluation of a Department of Labor-Funded Initiative ___________________________________________________ Nasir Andisha Oscar Chiquito-Saban Eduardo Emmerich Aurelia Figueroa... Gawande Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in International Economics and Development Executive Summary This impact evaluation reviews a United States Department of Labor-funded child labor reduction program in Panama, administrated...

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Green Fund Proposal Guidelines September 15, 2010 UNBC GREEN FUND PROPOSAL GUIDELINES In order to advance the overall sustainability of UNBC as an institution a "UNBC Green Fund" has been created from UNBC parking revenues. Green research and project proposals will be accepted by the Green University

Green Fund Proposal Guidelines August 10, 2012 UNBC GREEN FUND PROPOSAL GUIDELINES In order to advance the overall sustainability of UNBC as an institution a "UNBC Green Fund" has been created from UNBC parking revenues. Green research and project proposals are accepted by the Green University

/departments/faculties/schools around the University and in Kent Union, for funding to support student focussed projects and activities that meet the following criteria will be considered for funding: Support one or more of the University is funded by donations from alumni and friends of the University

website or other means, on the following: the capital value of the Fund, the income earned by the Fund expertise and resources of the University to matters of public interest in all research fields. Management Laboratories and sold to the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. 4. The interest earnings

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Research Strategy 2006-2009 International Policy Energy Adaptation International Development Coasts Change Research. Our strategy builds upon our previous work on integrated assessment, energy, adaptation of time. In this spirit, the Centre reconfirms its vision statement: "The Tyndall Centre is the UK network

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. These funds do not seem to take increased risk and their outperformance cannot be explained by fund size alone, though on average they are smaller funds. This paper was sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and was independently written...

the practices and theories of censorship and of recent work on the early Enlightenment. Elvira Vilches. New World Gold: Cultural Anxiety and Monetary Disorder in Early Modern Spain. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. xi + 361 pp. $45. Review... in the Indies, honored where the world hails him; he comes to die in Spain, and is buried in Genoa. And whomever he accompanies is fair, no matter how savage; in Poes?a l?rica del Siglo de Oro, ed. Elias Rivers, Madrid, C?tedra, 1979, p. 341 [translation mine...

We establish a link between illiquidity and positive autocorrelation in asset returns among a sample of hedge funds, mutual funds, and various equity portfolios. For hedge funds, this link can be confirmed by comparing the ...

We explore a new dimension of fund managers' timing ability by examining whether they can time market liquidity through adjusting their portfolios' market exposure as aggregate liquidity conditions change. Using a large ...

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, the cost of reduc- ing the emission of CO2 will be $80 per ton [9]. Ac- cording to Clean Development Mechanism in China, the price of CO2 is about 33-50yuan/ton. Recently the study on how carbon tax influences China?s Economic Growth has been done..., the weight- ing factor of solid waste is 0.25yuan/kg. 3.6 Monetary Values of Coal and Electricity?s Envi- ronment Impact The functional units of standard coal and elec- tricity are per ton and per MWh. According to ta- ble3-7, table8 illustrates monetary...

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of the quality of the decision-making procedures in the partner organization(s). The internal procedures differ to the partner organization(s). Funding decision The funding decision is taken according to standard FWF of 4 International Programmes Differences from the General Principles of Decision-making Procedures

If there is one thing economists agree on, probably it is that inflation is a monetary phenomenon. Money also is thought to be related to the output level of the economy. The consensus among economists, however, does not go any further, and views...

'Money makes the world go round', as the song says. It definitely influences decommissioning decision-making and financial assurance for future decommissioning. This paper will address two money-related decommissioning topics. The first is the evaluation of whether to continue or to halt decommissioning activities at Fermi 1. The second is maintaining adequacy of financial assurance for future decommissioning of operating plants. Decommissioning costs considerable money and costs are often higher than originally estimated. If costs increase significantly and decommissioning is not well funded, decommissioning activities may be deferred. Several decommissioning projects have been deferred when decision-makers determined future spending is preferable than current spending, or when costs have risen significantly. Decommissioning activity timing is being reevaluated for the Fermi 1 project. Assumptions for waste cost-escalation significantly impact the decision being made this year on the Fermi 1 decommissioning project. They also have a major impact on the estimated costs for decommissioning currently operating plants. Adequately funding full decommissioning during plant operation will ensure that the users who receive the benefit pay the full price of the nuclear-generated electricity. Funding throughout operation also will better ensure that money is available following shutdown to allow decommissioning to be conducted without need for additional funds.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) State Energy Program (SEP) guidance to states, Indian tribes, and overseas U.S. territories receiving SEP grants under the 209 Recovery Act dealing with loan loss reserves for revolving loan funds.

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LBNL-5803E The Future of Utility Customer- Funded Energy Efficiency Programs in the United States Customer-Funded Energy Efficiency Programs in the United States: Projected Spending and Savings to 2025

What happens within the university-based research enterprise when a federal funding agency abruptly changes research grant funding levels, up or down? We use simple difference equation models to show that an apparently ...

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The main focus of this American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funded project was to design an energy efficient carbon capture and storage (CCS) process using the Recipient?s membrane system for H{sub 2} separation and CO{sub 2} capture. In the ARRA-funded project, the Recipient accelerated development and scale-up of ongoing hydrogen membrane technology research and development (R&D). Specifically, this project focused on accelerating the current R&D work scope of the base program-funded project, involving lab scale tests, detail design of a 250 lb/day H{sub 2} process development unit (PDU), and scale-up of membrane tube and coating manufacturing. This project scope included the site selection and a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study of a nominally 4 to 10 ton-per-day (TPD) Pre-Commercial Module (PCM) hydrogen separation membrane system. Process models and techno-economic analysis were updated to include studies on integration of this technology into an Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power generation system with CCS.

the University do to Improve its Record of External Grant Funding? 3) Update on Generating External Funding university reputation and chances for additional funding--funding agencies like to fund projects to university. 2) What Can the University Do to Improve its Record of External Funding? For the reasons

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Lustre was initiated and funded, almost a decade ago, by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration laboratories to address the need for an open source, highly-scalable, high-performance parallel filesystem on by then present and future supercomputing platforms. Throughout the last decade, it was deployed over numerous medium-to-large-scale supercomputing platforms and clusters, and it performed and met the expectations of the Lustre user community. As it stands at the time of writing this document, according to the Top500 list, 15 of the top 30 supercomputers in the world use Lustre filesystem. This report aims to present a streamlined overview on how Lustre works internally at reasonable details including relevant data structures, APIs, protocols and algorithms involved for Lustre version 1.6 source code base. More importantly, it tries to explain how various components interconnect with each other and function as a system. Portions of this report are based on discussions with Oak Ridge National Laboratory Lustre Center of Excellence team members and portions of it are based on our own understanding of how the code works. We, as the authors team bare all responsibilities for all errors and omissions in this document. We can only hope it helps current and future Lustre users and Lustre code developers as much as it helped us understanding the Lustre source code and its internal workings.

and InternationalMonetaryFund, Agricultural systems, world hunger, U.S. and international trade policies. Dr practices, patients' lives and many other aspects of just "living" in the 21st century. Phoenix Sinclair, D are good, and to criticize when things go wrong. As Program Chair this year, I accept total responsibility

One of the most challenging issues facing the Department of Energy`s Office of Environmental Management is the cleanup of the three gaseous diffusion plants. In October 1992, Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and established the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund to accomplish this task. This mission is being undertaken in an environmentally and financially responsible way by: devising cost-effective technical solutions; producing realistic life-cycle cost estimates, based on practical assumptions and thorough analysis; generating coherent long-term plans which are based on risk assessments, land use, and input from stakeholders; and, showing near-term progress in the cleanup of the gaseous diffusion facilities at Oak Ridge.

J-1 On-Campus Employment Overview J-1 students may be employed when the employment is related to academic funding, on-campus work, or economic necessity. J-1 student employment must be authorized by the International Center (IC) for the following types of employment: · Employment pursuant to the terms

, generally measured by standard coal and electricity. The LCA of standard coal and electricity production and heating with standard coal-burning have been finished in our country. The emission inventories are shown in table1-2[5-6]. 2.2 Categories... of different gases to climate change are commonly compared in terms of carbon dioxide equivalents us- ing Global Warming Potentials (GW). Table3 pro- vides the equivalent factors for common impact categories in this LCA studies. 2.3 Monetary Evaluation...

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At the university wide level of Utrecht University additional funds are available for some specific collaboration activities with international strategic partners of Utrecht University, the Utrecht University Partners (A Utrecht for 3 months in 2011. Applications must be sent in by a Utrecht supervisor and therefore

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University of Pittsburgh University Center for International Studies Asian Studies Center Foreign to announce a competition for Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLASF) for the University time to graduate study. PLEASE NOTE: Awarding of FLAS Fellowships is contingent on receipt of funding

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Argonne is set to receive over $150 million in stimulus funds. Director Eric Isaacs describes how these funds will be put to good use?hiring employees and contractors, cleaning up the nuclear footprint, and investing in technologies for America's future. More info on Argonne and ARRA here: http://www.anl.gov/recovery/index.html

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The Honors in Washington Internship Program is made possible with support from the Georgia Power Internship Program is made possible with support from the Honors in New York Internship Fund. The Honors Internship with the U.S. Attorney is made possible with support from the Honors Program Annual Fund. Honors

The Office of Technology Development (OTD) was established to ensure that reliable and acceptable technologies are available for implementation at DOE sites and that a technically trained work force is available to complete the EM mission by 2019. OTD established the International Technology Exchange Staff (ITES) to identify, evaluate, and acquire international technologies which can accelerate US DOE cleanup operations. ITES`s goal is to pursue international collaboration among government organizations, educational institutions, and private industry to identify world-wide needs and available technologies that will meet US environmental needs in general, and EM cleanup needs in particular; and establish mechanisms by which US government ER/WM technologies will be transferred to the US private sector for commercialization and export to international markets. ITES has developed the following strategic objectives to implement its international goals: develop and implement EM`s policy for international programs in accordance with DOE and US Government policies and regulations; establish efficient and predictable international technology transfer mechanisms; assist the US private sector in the commercialization and deployment of federally funded EM technologies and related knowledge in international markets; leverage US and non-US resources to accelerate international development and regulatory acceptance of EM technologies; contribute to the improvement of EM`s training of US students, scientists, and managers on international environmental issues. A summary and descriptions of program activities and accomplishments are given for 17 programs which comprise the four main areas of the ITES program: Activities with the Former Soviet Union, International Technology Transfer, International Cooperation, and Information Systems and Publications. Selected papers are indexed separately for inclusion in the Energy Science and Technology Database.

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Each individual investor is different, with different financial goals, different levels of risk tolerance and different personal preferences. From the point of view of investment management, these characteristics are often defined as objectives and constraints. Objectives can be the type of return being sought, while constraints include factors such as time horizon, how liquid the investor is, any personal tax situation and how risk is handled. It's really a balancing act between risk and return with each investor having unique requirements, as well as a unique financial outlook - essentially a constrained utility maximization objective. To analyze how well a customer fits into a particular investor class, one investment house has even designed a structured questionnaire with about two-dozen questions that each has to be answered with values from 1 to 5. The questions range from personal background (age, marital state, number of children, job type, education type, etc.) to what the customer expects from an investment (capital protection, tax shelter, liquid assets, etc.). A fuzzy logic system has been designed for the evaluation of the answers to the above questions. We have investigated the notion of fuzziness with respect to funds allocation.

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This report presents the results of the independent certified public accountants` audit of the Department of Energy`s Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund (D&D Fund) financial statements as of September 30, 1997. The auditors have expressed an unqualified opinion on the 1997 statement of financial position and the related statements of operations and changes in net position and cash flows. The 1997 financial statement audit was made under provisions of the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.) as amended, the Government Management Reform Act (31 U.S.C. 3515), and Office of Management and Budget implementing guidance. The auditor`s work was conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. To fulfill our audit responsibilities, we contracted with the independent public accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP (KPMG) to conduct the audit for us, subject to our review. The auditors` report on the D&D Fund`sinternal control structure disclosed no reportable conditions. The auditors` report on compliance with laws and regulations disclosed one instance of noncompliance. This instance of noncompliance relates to the shortfall in Government appropriations. Since this instance was addressed in a previous audit, no further recommendation is made at this time. During the course of the audit, KPMG also identified other matters that, although not material to the financial statements, nevertheless, warrant management`s attention. These items are fully discussed in a separate letter to management.

Since the spring of 2009, billions of federal dollars have been allocated to state and local governments as grants for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects and programs. The scale of this American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) funding, focused on 'shovel-ready' projects to create and retain jobs, is unprecedented. Thousands of newly funded players - cities, counties, states, and tribes - and thousands of programs and projects are entering the existing landscape of energy efficiency programs for the first time or expanding their reach. The nation's experience base with energy efficiency is growing enormously, fed by federal dollars and driven by broader objectives than saving energy alone. State and local officials made countless choices in developing portfolios of ARRA-funded energy efficiency programs and deciding how their programs would relate to existing efficiency programs funded by utility customers. Those choices are worth examining as bellwethers of a future world where there may be multiple program administrators and funding sources in many states. What are the opportunities and challenges of this new environment? What short- and long-term impacts will this large, infusion of funds have on utility customer-funded programs; for example, on infrastructure for delivering energy efficiency services or on customer willingness to invest in energy efficiency? To what extent has the attribution of energy savings been a critical issue, especially where administrators of utility customer-funded energy efficiency programs have performance or shareholder incentives? Do the new ARRA-funded energy efficiency programs provide insights on roles or activities that are particularly well-suited to state and local program administrators vs. administrators or implementers of utility customer-funded programs? The answers could have important implications for the future of U.S. energy efficiency. This report focuses on a selected set of ARRA-funded energy efficiency programs administered by state energy offices: the State Energy Program (SEP) formula grants, the portion of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) formula funds administered directly by states, and the State Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program (SEEARP). Since these ARRA programs devote significant monies to energy efficiency and serve similar markets as utility customer-funded programs, there are frequent interactions between programs. We exclude the DOE low-income weatherization program and EECBG funding awarded directly to the over 2,200 cities, counties and tribes from our study to keep its scope manageable. We summarize the energy efficiency program design and funding choices made by the 50 state energy offices, 5 territories and the District of Columbia. We then focus on the specific choices made in 12 case study states. These states were selected based on the level of utility customer program funding, diversity of program administrator models, and geographic diversity. Based on interviews with more than 80 energy efficiency actors in those 12 states, we draw observations about states strategies for use of Recovery Act funds. We examine interactions between ARRA programs and utility customer-funded energy efficiency programs in terms of program planning, program design and implementation, policy issues, and potential long-term impacts. We consider how the existing regulatory policy framework and energy efficiency programs in these 12 states may have impacted development of these selected ARRA programs. Finally, we summarize key trends and highlight issues that evaluators of these ARRA programs may want to examine in more depth in their process and impact evaluations.

The need for cities to adapt to climate change is widely acknowledged, yet the question of adaptation finance remains uncertain. Unable to access global climate funds, cities must seek out alternative sources to support ...

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The Building Technologies Office (BTO)’s Emerging Technologies Program has announced the availability of up to $1 million for the Buildings University Innovators and Leaders Development (BUILD) Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0001167.

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Utilities across America are using Recovery Act funds and smart grid technologies to deliver more reliable and affordable power, recover from major storms, and improve operations. Two case studies are now available.

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This survey reviews efforts by CESA member clean energy funds to promote the use of biomass as a renewable energy source. For each fund, details are provided regarding biomass eligibility for support, specific programs offering support to biomass projects, and examples of supported biomass projects (if available). For the purposes of this survey, biomass is defined to include bio-product gasification, combustion, co-firing, biofuel production, and the combustion of landfill gas, though not all of the programs reviewed here take so wide a definition. Programs offered by non-CESA member funds fall outside the scope of this survey. To date, three funds--the California Energy Commission, Wisconsin Focus on Energy, and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority--have offered programs targeted specifically at the use of biomass as a renewable energy source. We begin by reviewing efforts in these three funds, and then proceed to cover programs in other funds that have provided support to biomass projects when the opportunity has arisen, but otherwise do not differentially target biomass relative to other renewable technologies.

, the InternationalMonetaryFund, and the G8 Summit, have all recognised that the world's poorest countries as July in Gleneagles, the G8 governments pledged to increase aid by $ 50bn by 2010, with at least $ 25bnNexis(TM) Academic - Document 10/3/2005http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/printdoc #12;Poor Countries. The G8 also

, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Studies, Linguis- tics, Management, Marketing, Philosophy, Political for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). This center is funded by the U.S. Department of Education international business education in the region and nationwide. High school students who are planning to select

. For designated dollars in fund 23 or gifts in fund 24 received by the University for a specific purpose or giftsAdopted by Accounting Services, University Budgets, Office of Development 11/29/2010 Designated Fund 23 and 24 Transfer Policy: Funds with no Limitations, Stipulations, or Donor Restrictions

Tips for Travelers When State Funds Are Used University of Kansas Procurement Services Â­Tips for Travelers When State Funds Are Used Updated 02/17/14 Travel and Expense All or a portion of your trip will be paid for with state funds. This tip sheet is designed to help with common travel expenses to speed

ADMINISTRATION OF RESTRICTED FUNDS 2/15/2007 As a public institution, the University is accountable with University policy and guidelines. "Restricted" funds, however, require additional, special care to assure that funds are spent in accordance with requirements set by parties external to the University. Restrictions

1 Removing Bonus Pay from a Fund Source In order to remove the bonus charges from a fund source) has charged 25% of pay to costshare fund source 222380. When the bonus expenses were incurred, the bonus was distributed based on the same percentage as the biweekly pay. This resulted in bonus pay

As a service to all Department of Energy (DOE) elements, including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), this Manual provides the user with a single source for references, definitions, and procedural requirements for distributing and controlling Department of Energy (DOE) funds. Accordingly, the Manual provides detailed requirements to supplement DOE O 135.1A, Budget Execution—Funds Distribution and Control, dated 1-9-06. Paragraph 5, of DOE O 135.1A defines organizational responsibilities pertinent to this Manual. Cancels DOE M 135.1-1.

The 17th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research was held at the University of Madison, Wisconsin from June 27- July 2, 2006. ICAR-2006 included approximately 625 scientists from across the world. The scientific program was of excellent quality featuring 73 talks, including 30 from invited speakers. There were also 6 community-organized workshops (facilitated by conference staff) featuring additional talks on topics including ‘Submitting data to long-term repositories,’ ‘TAIR introductory workshop,’ ‘Web services and demonstration,’ ‘Public engagement: broadening the impact of your research,’ ‘Systems biology approaches to analysis of metabolic and regulatory networks of Arabidopsis,’ and ‘Mechanotransduction in Arabidopsis.’ Approximately 440 posters were presented in general topic areas including, among others, Development, Modeling/Other Systems, Energy, Environment, and Genetic/Epigenetic mechanisms. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, junior faculty, and underrepresented minorities made up a significant portion of the oral presentations thereby promoting the training of young scientists and facilitating important career development opportunities for speakers. Several poster sessions provided an opportunity for younger participants to freely meet with more established scientists. The North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) continued its outreach effort and again sponsored two special luncheons to encourage personal and professional development of young scientists and also underrepresented minorities. The ‘Emerging Scientists Luncheon’ featured 10 graduate students selected on the basis of scientific excellence of their submitted research abstracts. The ‘Minority Funding Luncheon,’ featured 8 awardees selected by the NAASC through a widely-publicized application process. This luncheon was established specifically to provide an opportunity for underrepresented minorities, and/or scientists from Minority-Serving Institutions/Historically Black Colleges and Universities to network with NAASC members and representatives from federal funding agencies in an informal and intimate setting. This luncheon included introductions of each award recipient and discussion of outreach efforts and informal research and career discussions. Outreach Activities: The conference is the largest annual international Arabidopsis venue which allowed the exchange of information at the forefront of Arabidopsis research and facilitated the establishment of new, and the strengthening of old, collaborations and networks. In addition, the conference provides the site for the annual meetings of the Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee and the NAASC. All conference abstracts and the full program were posted at The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR), a publicly-accessibly website (www.arabidopsis.org/news/abstracts.jsp.) To enable participation by under-represented minorities and young, domestic scientists, complete funding was provided to eight underrepresented minorities (funded by NSF), and registration or travel awards were given to 26 domestic graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, including 13 selected from submitted abstracts to give oral research presentations (funded by DOE).

International Student Services Office International Student Mentor Undergraduate and Graduate stages of their transition to academic life at Carleton University. Mentors play a central role in ensuring student success by providing guidance and academic coaching. All ISSO mentors report

Sustainable Energy Revolving Loan Fund LOAN AGREEMENT FORM OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION) and end (date). Given this timeline, the Applicant agrees to provide no fewer than project update(s). These updates will be spread approximately evenly across the project timeline. Updates will consist of concise

Work for Others (WFO) is the performance of work for non-Department of Energy (DOE) entities by DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and/or their respective contractor personnel or the use of DOE/NNSA facilities that is not directly funded by DOE appropriations. WFO has the following objectives. Cancels DOE O 481.1.

Work for Others (WFO) is the performance of work for non-Department of Energy (DOE) entities by DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and/or their respective contractor personnel or the use of DOE/NNSA facilities that is not directly funded by DOE appropriations. Cancels DOE O 481.1A.

Opportunities Graduate students required to work on funded research project The McMaster Institute for talented graduate students (at both the Master's and Doctoral levels) to participate in a five year for the project include the Ford Motor Company of Canada, the Canadian Automobile Association, the Ontario

SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD IN MELANOMA & SKIN CANCER Sponsored by: The Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Melanoma & Skin Cancer University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Purpose The overall goals of the Melanoma & Skin Cancer SPORE are to improve the detection

FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD IN MELANOMA & SKIN CANCER Sponsored by: The Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Melanoma & Skin Cancer University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) Purpose The overall goals of the Melanoma & Skin Cancer SPORE are to improve the detection

FULLY FUNDED DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BIOFUELS RESEARCH INTERNSHIP AT PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY Position Description The overall project objective is to utilize marine microalgae for biofuels (i.e., lipids for biodiesel or jet biofuel) production. The student will set up a series

FIXED PRICE RESIDUAL FUNDS POLICY Policy dated March 29, 1999 After completion of all deliverables required under a fixed-price award, after costs in fulfilling the requirements of the award have been of the University. The request will be approved if the project is consistent with broader University priorities

PhD funding Prospects in Mathematics 2009 J Vanneste School of Mathematics & Maxwell Institute University of Edinburgh www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~vanneste J.Vanneste@ed.ac.uk #12;PhD in Mathematics in the UK Why study for a PhD in Mathematics? · because being a Mathematician is the best job in the world (according

Funding: Fed. Grant/MPIC 2006 POTATO VARIETY EVALUATIONS D.S. Douches, J. Coombs, J. Driscoll, J of variety trials to assess advanced potato selections from the Michigan State University and other potato on new potato ground that was in corn the previous year. The round white tuber types were divided

by the University of Utah as a pooled fund for the investment of State and other Public Funds. State and other Public Funds are funds that are derived from the operating revenue of the University, such as tuition with the University Investment Policies (Policy 3-050). B. Eligible Investments State and other Public Funds shall

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MODEL MOA ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTED FUNDS (33 U.S.C. 701h) FOR O&M DREDGING WHERE SUCH DREDGING&M dredging that is a Federal expense; there are no Federal funds available; and the Contributor provides ALL funds needed to perform the dredging and related activities (engineering and design work, environmental

The Built Environment Endowed Book Fund was established with a gift from retired University. Funds from this endowment support a broad range of publications in the humanities. The University of Washington librarian Betty Wagner to help fund books on architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning

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University of Technology, Sydney 1 The Higher Education Base Funding Review UTS Submission in a severely tightening market for academic resources. Universities Australia has assessed real funding from recommendations. The increased funding already being delivered and the Government's commitment to an appropriate

The more than $6 million provided to the Department of Energy by Congress for the installation of solar devices in federal buildings, but used instead for a number of other projects is discussed. The changes were not reported to the Controller, OMB, or the appropriate congressional committees, as required by DOE reprogramming instructions and applicable congressional guidelines. Two programs are affected by the Solar Energy Office's general practice of taxing its various program-approved budgets and using the funds for other purposes. From a continuing review of the practice, IG procedures are established to ensure that reprogramming plans are reported to the Controller, and that the Controller review his controls to ensure that funds are expended for the intended purpose. Issuance in final form of the existing DOE draft order on this subject was also recommended. (PSB)

of NSF Education Programs/Foci · Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), Research Experiences for Teachers (RET), International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) · Research on effective pedagogical

Work for Others is the performance of work for non-Department of Energy (DOE) entities by DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and/or their respective contractor personnel or the use of DOE/NNSA facilities that is not directly funded by DOE appropriations. Cancels DOE O 481.1B. Certified 1-13-11. Admin Chg 1, dated 3-14-11.

Internal waves are a ubiquitous and significant means of momentum and energy transport in the oceans, atmosphere, and astrophysical bodies. Here, we show that internal wave propagation in nonuniform density stratifications, ...

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Introduction: 1.1 BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION Very few issues relating to the international air transportation industry are today as divisive as those pertaining to user charges imposed at international airports and enroute ...

HARVARD CHINA FUND ARTICLES Harvard University has launched the Harvard China Fund, a new foundation to support research and teaching about and in China. According to Kirby, the center will have three primary aims: supporting Harvard activities in China and, potentially, establishing a physical

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Governance models for the International Linear Collider Project are examined in the light of experience from similar international projects around the world. Recommendations for one path which could be followed to realize the ILC successfully are outlined. The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a unique endeavour in particle physics; fully international from the outset, it has no 'host laboratory' to provide infrastructure and support. The realization of this project therefore presents unique challenges, in scientific, technical and political arenas. This document outlines the main questions that need to be answered if the ILC is to become a reality. It describes the methodology used to harness the wisdom displayed and lessons learned from current and previous large international projects. From this basis, it suggests both general principles and outlines a specific model to realize the ILC. It recognizes that there is no unique model for such a laboratory and that there are often several solutions to a particular problem. Nevertheless it proposes concrete solutions that the authors believe are currently the best choices in order to stimulate discussion and catalyze proposals as to how to bring the ILC project to fruition. The ILC Laboratory would be set up by international treaty and be governed by a strong Council to whom a Director General and an associated Directorate would report. Council would empower the Director General to give strong management to the project. It would take its decisions in a timely manner, giving appropriate weight to the financial contributions of the member states. The ILC Laboratory would be set up for a fixed term, capable of extension by agreement of all the partners. The construction of the machine would be based on a Work Breakdown Structure and value engineering and would have a common cash fund sufficiently large to allow the management flexibility to optimize the project's construction. Appropriate contingency, clearly apportioned at both a national and global level, is essential if the project is to be realised. Finally, models for running costs and decommissioning at the conclusion of the ILC project are proposed. This document represents an interim report of the bodies and individuals studying these questions inside the structure set up and supervised by the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA). It represents a request for comment to the international community in all relevant disciplines, scientific, technical and most importantly, political. Many areas require further study and some, in particular the site selection process, have not yet progressed sufficiently to be addressed in detail in this document. Discussion raised by this document will be vital in framing the final proposals due to be published in 2012 in the Technical Design Report being prepared by the Global Design Effort of the ILC.

Over the last several years, many U.S. states have established clean energy funds to help support the growth of renewable energy markets. Most often funded by system-benefits charges (SBC), the 15 states that have established such funds are slated to collect nearly $3.5 billion from 1998 to 2012 for renewable energy investments. These clean energy funds are expected to have a sizable impact on the energy future of the states in which the funds are being collected and used. For many of the organizations tapped to administer these funds, however, this is a relatively new role that presents the challenge of using public funds in the most effective and innovative fashion possible. Fortunately, each state is not alone in its efforts; many other U.S. states and a number of countries are undertaking similar efforts. Early lessons are beginning to be learned by clean energy funds about how to effectively target public funds towards creating and building renewable energy markets. A number of innovative programs have already been developed that show significant leadership by U.S. states in supporting renewable energy. It is important that clean energy fund administrators learn from this emerging experience.

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Across the United States, as competition in the supply and delivery of electricity has been introduced, states have sought to ensure the continuation of ''public benefits'' programs traditionally administered or funded by electric utilities. Many states have built into their restructuring plans methods of supporting renewable energy sources. One of the most popular policy mechanisms for ensuring such continued support has been the system-benefits charge (SBC), a non-bypassable charge to electricity customers (usually applied on a cents/kWh basis) used to collect funds for public purpose programs. Thus far, at least fourteen states have established SBC funds targeted in part towards renewable energy. This paper discusses the status and performance of these state renewable or ''clean'' energy funds supported by system-benefits charges. As illustrated later, existing state renewable energy funds are expected to collect roughly $3.5 billion through 2012 for renewable energy. Clearly, these funds have the potential to provide significant support for clean energy technologies over at least the next decade. Because the level of funding for renewable energy available under these programs is unprecedented and because fund administrators are developing innovative and new programs to fund renewable projects, a certain number of program failures are unavoidable. Also evident is that states are taking very different approaches to the distribution of these funds and that many lessons are being learned as programs are designed, implemented, and evaluated. Our purpose in this paper is therefore to relay early experience with these funds and provide preliminary lessons learned from that experience. It is our hope that this analysis will facilitate learning across states and help state fund managers develop more effective and more coordinated programs. Central to this paper are case studies that provide information on the SBC-funded renewable energy programs and experiences of 14 states. These case studies are attached as Appendix A. The body of the paper both summarizes and draws lessons from these more detailed state case studies. Section II provides a broad overview of the current status of state SBC funds, including funding level and duration, technology eligibility, and program administration. Section III offers an overview of funding activity and highlights the various renewable energy programs states have established thus far. Section IV provides a summary of results to date. Section V turns to salient observations and preliminary lessons learned from this early experience. Administrative, programmatic, and strategic observations and lessons are emphasized. The paper ends with some brief concluding remarks.